Los Angeles’ Militarie Gun return with their anthemic new song “Thought You Were Waving”, alongside a vibrant Neta Ben Ezra-directed video portraying the band in a series of unruly and dangerous situations.
“Thought You Were Waving” was featured by Zane Lowe today on his New Music Daily show and marks the first proper new music from the band since the release of their lauded debut album Life Under The Gun last year, ushering in a new chapter for the limitless band. “Thought You Were Waving” was created with Zachary Dawes (Lana Del Rey, Sharon Van Etten, Bully).
The song’s release also closely follows Militarie Gun’s track “Gun Under The Gun (MFG),” which was created for the new WWE 2K24 video game as the walk-in music for Post Malone’s wrestling character. Post Malone also included the band’s “Do It Faster” on his curated playlist for the WWE 2K24 soundtrack.
Earlier this year, Militarie Gun released their mini-documentary Live Under The Sun, which sees the band and a host of their Life Under The Sun EP collaborators reunite at Manchester Orchestra’s Atlanta studio to further reimagine the tracks featured on their aforementioned EP, with guest performances from Manchester Orchestra, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy, and Christine Goodwyne of Pool Kids, who steps in for Alicia Bognanno of Bully for a performance of “Never Fucked Up Twice.” Live Under The Sun provides a window into the growing community around Militarie Gun while highlighting bandleader Ian Shelton’s dynamic and expectation-defying songwriting.
Life Under The Sun strips back a selection of songs from Militarie Gun’s breakout debut album Life Under The Gun, which was released last summer, putting Ian Shelton’s intensely personal songwriting centre stage. Life Under The Sun includes “Never Fucked Up Twice” featuring Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, “Very High (Under The Sun),” “My Friends Are Having A Hard Time” featuring Manchester Orchestra, “Will Logic” featuring Mannequin Pussy, and the cover of NOFX track “Whoops I OD’d.”
Life Under The Gun was one of 2023’s most celebrated albums, released to praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, Revolver, Stereogum, SPIN, Paste, The FADER, and more. The album landed on multiple best albums of 2023 lists including Alternative Press, Kerrang!, The Ringer, UPROXX, Stereogum and Rolling Stone, who said Life Under The Gun has “taken everything that’s uniquely cathartic about the hardcore and lacquered it with insanely catchy melodies.” That catchiness has been on full display on TV with Taco Bell’s ad campaign that prominently features Life Under The Gun‘s “Do It Faster.”
2024 live dates:
25/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
26/07 – Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
28/07 – Portland, OR @ Project Pabst
01/08 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
02/08 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
10/08 – Carnation, WA @ Thing Festival
15/08 – Winterthur, DE @ Winterthurer Musikfestwochen
16/08 – Nuremberg, DE @ Roter Salon
17/08 – Leipzig, DE @ Naumanns
18/08 – Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hybrydy
20/08 – Zagreb, HR @ Mocvara
21/08 – Milan, IT @ Circolo Magnolia
23/08 – Torremolinos, ES @ Canelaparty
24/08 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
25/08 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
27/08 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
28/08 – Southampton, UK @ Papillon
29/08 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction 2
30/08 – Tollard Royal, UK @ End Of The Road Festival
06/09 – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore Charlotte
07/09 – Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore Silver Spring
08/09 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10/09 – Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
11/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Fillmore Philadelphia
13/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
14/09 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues Boston
17/09 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J Brady Music Centre
19/09 – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit
20/09 – Indianapolis, IN @ Rock The Ruins
29/09 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
Tickets are on sale now here.
Check out “Thought You Were Waving” below:
